In Canada, yes.  But the first three seasons were on HBO in the States.

And yet he comported himself so professionally and turned in such high-quality work that he was the only one of the crowd O'Donoghue brought into the show to be invited back the following year (and MO'D himself was long gone by that point).  Darker than O'Donoghue he may well have been, but if Dick Ebersol, a control…

And yet he comported himself so professionally and turned in such high-quality work that he was the only one of the crowd O'Donoghue brought into the show to be invited back the following year (and MO'D himself was long gone by that point).  Darker than O'Donoghue he may well have been, but if Dick Ebersol, a control…

I'm with Craig - for such a major, innovative figure in his field, there's a ridiculous amount of O'Donoghue material that never got released for public consumption - censored sketches, unproduced screenplays, even a stage musical or two - and some of the stuff that did wound up to low-rent, low-circulation magazines…

I'm with Craig - for such a major, innovative figure in his field, there's a ridiculous amount of O'Donoghue material that never got released for public consumption - censored sketches, unproduced screenplays, even a stage musical or two - and some of the stuff that did wound up to low-rent, low-circulation magazines…

That's not true, though; every time somebody from the show passes, we have to put up with another round of articles about "The SNL Curse" but really, how many deaths  have there been on the writing/performing side compared to the number of people they've employed over 37 years?  John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Charles…

That's not true, though; every time somebody from the show passes, we have to put up with another round of articles about "The SNL Curse" but really, how many deaths  have there been on the writing/performing side compared to the number of people they've employed over 37 years?  John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Charles…

It should be mentioned that the character that inspired your username and avatar was a Davis co-creation as well…

It should be mentioned that the character that inspired your username and avatar was a Davis co-creation as well…

One of my favorite things the show ever did, just for the sheer ambition of it.  (Incidentally, another of O'Donoghue's friends and sometime collaborators, Nelson Lyon, died just a few hours before Davis.  Lyon wrote for SNL too, but just for one season [the infamous "Viking Death Ship" year of '81-'82], but he was…

One of my favorite things the show ever did, just for the sheer ambition of it.  (Incidentally, another of O'Donoghue's friends and sometime collaborators, Nelson Lyon, died just a few hours before Davis.  Lyon wrote for SNL too, but just for one season [the infamous "Viking Death Ship" year of '81-'82], but he was…

I knew he was prolific, but even I had no idea how many classic sketches from throughout SNL history he had a hand in.  The best thing about his memoir is that I'd have to stop every five pages or so and say out loud, "Holy shit, you wrote that one too?"  From the Coneheads to "The Continental," man, his legacy runs de…

I knew he was prolific, but even I had no idea how many classic sketches from throughout SNL history he had a hand in.  The best thing about his memoir is that I'd have to stop every five pages or so and say out loud, "Holy shit, you wrote that one too?"  From the Coneheads to "The Continental," man, his legacy runs de…

Antelope nibbling at the croquet hoops.

Antelope nibbling at the croquet hoops.

If you're confused, then the Pythons have done their job.  (That album is particular is designed for maximum confusion, what with the double grooves, both sides of the original vinyl being labeled "side 1," etc.)

If you're confused, then the Pythons have done their job.  (That album is particular is designed for maximum confusion, what with the double grooves, both sides of the original vinyl being labeled "side 1," etc.)

If you're a Peter Cook fan, Craig, you owe it to yourself to track down that book (actually entitled Tragically I Was An Only Twin).  And I guess there's a companion book that's all Cook and Moore stuff (quite a lot of which is in Tragically…), which I haven't ponied up the coin for yet.

If you're a Peter Cook fan, Craig, you owe it to yourself to track down that book (actually entitled Tragically I Was An Only Twin).  And I guess there's a companion book that's all Cook and Moore stuff (quite a lot of which is in Tragically…), which I haven't ponied up the coin for yet.

Yes.  Thank you.  I have my reasons for agreeing with this statement that will probably emerge in some kind of over-wordy blog form in the next day or two…